Re: Old non-SCSI Mac hard drive on IIc?

[wbaguhn@nyx10.cs.du.edu (Will Baguhn)]

In article <4sdkpf$78n@europa.frii.com>,
Randy Shackelford <shack@deimos.frii.com> wrote:
>In article <4sad3t$pvo@nyx10.cs.du.edu>,
>Will Baguhn <wbaguhn@nyx10.cs.du.edu> wrote:
>
>>Interesting side note: the cable that goes directly to the Macintosh 800k
>>disk drive can be used with an old Disk II and a hacksaw to plug it
>>into a diskport.  Can't quite daisychain it, unless it's the last drive,
>>but it works.
>
>I dunno but I know the opposite doesn't work. If you try to run a disk II 
>cable from the connector on a Mac logic board to a drive mech, it goes into
>continual eject mode until you kill the power.
>
>>(One of these days, I'm going to sit down and figure out the finer points
>>of "that board" inside the Apple 3.5" drive and start making adapters
>>so that we can all use Mac 800k drives, which are cheap as crud, as well
>>as easily internally-mount the various floppy drives in a tower case
>>or othe such...)
>
>No need, all external floppy drives are cheap as crud since no current machines
>can use 'em. I've seen external superdrives in the $60 range recently for
>example.
>-- 
>Randy Shackelford                                 I was internet
>shack@frii.com                                    when internet wasn't cool

Sure there's a need.  It's very difficult AT BEST to mount a drive like 
that inside a tower case when you have all that cabling to contend with.
The simple act of replacing the current circuit board with one that will
support 2 Apple 3.5" and 2 5.25" drives would cut down on a lot of space
and make EVERYTHING neater, inside a tower case.  Why would I want to
but a bunch of floppy drives on the OUTSIDE, if i'm going to the trouble
of getting an 11 bay case?

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